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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?
(a) They emphasize the passage of time and important elements of the scene.
(b) They slow the poem's pace to reflect the speaker's state of mind.
(c) They demonstrate how the speaker's confusion eases when he is in nature.
(d) They indicate the speaker's hesitation to share such a personal experience.

2. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Pejorative diction.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Vernacular diction.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) Shallow dips in the landscape.
(b) The decayed remains of buildings.
(c) Stands of trees and brush.
(d) Spots of contrasting color.

4. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Sycamore.
(c) Oak.
(d) Aspen.

5. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?
(a) Pleonasm.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?

2. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

3. What kind of building is an abbey?

4. What kind of image opens the poem?

5. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

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